Batesville Boys 6th Grade Basketball.
The Batesville 6th grade team traveled to South Decatur High School and defeated Waldron by a score of 58-21. The Bulldogs jumped out to an 11-0 start with an aggressive full court press that yielded five unanswered buckets with each starter scoring. The Bulldogs removed the press the remainder of the game and focused on man to man half-court defense in addition to running new offensive schemes. Everyone on the roster managed to score for the Bulldogs – Benajamin Harmeyer (15), Nate Vankirk (13), Noah Tuveson (8), Jackson Renck (6), Conner Ertel (6), Charlie Schebler (4), Alec Bunselmeier (4) and Lyle Oesterling (2).
The Bulldogs saw stiffer competition in the second game of the afternoon as they faced a very quick and defensive minded team from Lawrenceburg. The Bulldogs came out on top with a 34-33 win. The Bulldogs uncharacteristically struggled with transition basketball as they turned the ball over way too many times and missed several easy buckets. The team was happy with the win, but very disappointed in the effort. Leading the Bulldogs in scoring were Charlie Schebler (11), Benjamin Harmeyer (10), Conner Ertel (10), Alec Bunselmeier (2) and Jackson Renck (1).
The 6th graders are now (6-0) in Dirt Road League and are in action next on Sunday, December 11th at the East Central Fieldhouse where they will play Shelbyville at 2:00 PM and North Decatur at 4:00 PM.
Batesville Boys 5th Grade Basketball.
The 5th grade Bulldogs traveled to Jac-Cen-Del High School and defeated North Decatur 31-10 in their first game of the day. The Bulldogs jumped out to an early 10-0 lead on the Chargers taking an 18-3 lead at the half. Conner Drake led the team in scoring with 10 points, while Jack Grunkemeyer added 9 and Landon Oldham 5. Grunkemeyer pulled down 7 rebounds, while Brendan Heiser and Sam Johnson dished out two assists. Gus Prickel was solid on defense against speedy Kaden Muckerhide from North Decatur.
In game two the Bulldogs played a hard fought, physical contest against the Rushville Lions and came away with the victory, 23-17. The game went down to the wire as the young Lions made it a two point contest with a three pointer from the top of the key with under two minutes remaining. After a time out by the Bulldogs, the team kept its composure against the full court press and put the game away with great ball handling and defense. Grunkemeyer led the team in scoring with 9 and Chris Lewis had 5. Grunkemeyer remained a horse in the lane garnering another 7 boards for the squad, while Prickel and Lewis each added an assist.
The 5th graders are now (6-0) in Dirt Road League and are in action next on Sunday, December 11th at Milan High School where they will play Greensburg at 2:00 PM and South Decatur at 4:00 PM.
Batesville Boys 4th Grade Basketball.
The 4th Grade Bulldogs traveled to Union County and defeated Centerville and Tri to push their record to (5-1) in Dirt Road League. The team will next be in action on Sunday, December 11th at Batesville Primary School at 1:00 PM vs. New Palestine and at 3:00 vs. Milan.
Batesville Boys 3rd Grade Basketball.
The 3rd Grade Bulldogs travled to Milan High School and defeated East Central 22-3. In the second contest of the day, the young squad defeated Jac-Cen-Del 33-16 to push their record in Dirt Road League to (6-0). The 3rd graders are in action next Sunday, December 11th at Union County Middle School at 1:00 PM vs. Union County and at 3:00 PM vs. Centerville.
Batesville Boys 2nd Grade Basketball.
The 2nd graders opened up their Dirt Road Basketball season with a sudden death overtime win over East Central and followed it up with a close loss to Greensburg. The team will next be in action on Sunday, December 11th at Milan Elementary at 1:00 PM vs. Jac-Cen-Del and at 1:50 PM vs. Milan.
Good luck to all the Bulldog Teams!
Courtesy of Bulldogs Coach Paul Drake.